Friday, July 10, 2009

My Top 10 'Scrubs' Episodes



For the sake of those who have not seen 'Scrubs' or any of these particular episodes, I will avoid leaking any spoilers.

10.) My Long Goodbye (Season 6)
-Nurse Laverne Roberts is in a coma, and nobody knows when she will wake up. Elliot comes to visit and remembers the times when she was down and Nurse Roberts cheered her up. Carla comes in and tells Elliot not to say goodbye because people have come back from worse. Jordan is giving birth and only gives Dr. Cox two hours' notice; he immediately starts freaking out. Carla won't accept that Nurse Laverne Roberts is going to die. A ghost of Nurse Roberts follows Carla around until Carla finally says goodbye to her.

9.)My Best Laid Plans (Season 4)
-Molly returns to Sacred Heart, and J.D. blows off his girlfriend Kylie to go out with her. Carla tries not to make "mountains out of molehills" when she realizes Turk is still in contact with an ex-girlfriend. The Janitor bets Dr. Cox that he can get a date with Elliot, the wager being his van against Dr. Cox's Porsche.

8.) My Finale (Season 8)
-(Series Finale) J.D. intends to leave Sacred Heart to move closer to his son, while Elliot and J.D. move their relationship forward

7.) My Old Lady (Season 1)
-The three interns (J.D., Turk and Elliot) have to face death for the first time: J.D.'s patient is a headstrong but kindly old woman, Turk's is a young man who just needs some company, and Elliot's is a Hispanic woman who does not speak any English. The episode's writer, Matt Tarses, won the 2002 Humanitas Prize in the 30 Minute Category for this episode.

6.) My Philosophy (Season 2)
-Elliot demands single-sex locker rooms from Dr. Kelso, who is considering ways he might acquire a bigger office. Turk pops the question to Carla, but not in the way he'd originally planned. A favorite patient of J.D. is back in the hospital for her heart condition.

5.) My Last Words (Season 8)
-J.D. and Turk set aside their personal plans to comfort a dying patient

4.) My Fallen Idol (Season 5)
-Feeling guilty over the deaths of three patients, Dr. Cox comes to work drunk and is forced to take a leave of absence. The staff organize shifts to visit Cox at home and console him in the hope of his return, but initially, J.D. refuses to take part. Meanwhile, Turk begins a new orthopedic rotation, but struggles to connect with and ultimately is overheard insulting his, new overly sensitive attending. Guest stars Paul Adelstein as Dr. Stone. This is also one of the few times we hear Dr. Cox call J.D. by his real name.

3.) My Catalyst (Season 3)
-Dr. Kevin Casey (Michael J. Fox), a skilled surgeon who has a long history with Dr. Cox and who suffers from crippling OCD, imparts wisdom to everyone at Sacred Heart.

2.) My Occurrence (Season 1)
-Jordan's brother and Dr. Cox's best friend Ben (Brendan Fraser) comes into the hospital after piercing his hand with a nail-gun; however Dr. Cox and J.D. later become worried when his hand won't stop bleeding, with J.D. going into denial about the results of Ben's tests. A series of paperwork bungles nearly has Turk operate on the wrong patient, and has Elliot incorrectly inform Jill (Nicole Sullivan) that she's pregnant.

1.) My Screw Up (Season 3)
-Jordan's siblings, Danni (Tara Reid) and Ben visit to celebrate Jack's first birthday. Carla tells Turk she will only take his last name if he has his mole removed. Dr. Cox is dismayed to learn that Ben has not been to a doctor for followup since his remission. Dr. Cox angrily blames J.D. for a patient's death and excuses him from his duties.

Honorable Mentions

My Way Home
-Scrubs' 100th episode: J.D. gets called in to work on his day off, but the only thing he wants to do is get home. Meanwhile Elliot tries to convince everyone she is an expert on endocrinology following her brief fellowship, Carla has doubts over being a parent, and Turk has to wrestle over an issue that will either help his career or break his conscience.

My Musical (Season 6)
-The arrival of a patient who hears music all the time results in Sacred Heart turning into a full scale Broadway musical. Elliot tries to tell JD that she doesn't want to be roommates with him any more, while Carla attempts to decide whether she should return to work or not

My Best Moment (Season 4)
-When J.D. has to address a group of pre-med students about what it's like to be a doctor, he strays off the beaten path and chooses to discuss his best moments as a doctor instead. When he challenges the rest of the staff to do so, they all reminisce about their fondest memories in the medical field. Meanwhile, Elliot is forced to face her fear of children when she is left in charge of a ten-year-old boy, whose father is being treated in the I.C.U. Elsewhere, Dr. Kelso gets a dose of Christmas spirit and stuns the staff with his change of heart.

My ABCs (Season 8)
-J.D., Elliot and Dr. Cox each choose an intern to work with. J.D. picks Denise (Eliza Coupe) who lacks compassion towards patients. Elliot's intern, Katie, tries to use her to land a case study with Turk who picks Ed over Katie due to his multi couloured pen. Dr. Cox chooses Ed (Aziz Ansari) who is lazy and overconfident.

My Unicorn (Season 4)
-In actor Matthew Perry's directorial debut, J.D. befriends the son of a noted singer who is unwilling to donate a kidney to his ailing father. Carla and Jordan, despite the warnings of Turk, teach Elliot to use her sexuality to her advantage, which causes catastrophe.

Tuesday, April 14, 2009

Where is the Love?

I saw on YouTube that there is a very poor debate on "The Gay Agenda" and Prop 8. Just figured I'd give my two cents in blog form, since I do not have a web cam:

Jesus came to this earth preaching love, tolerance and compassion.

"...love your neighbor as yourself" (Matt. 22:39)( http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Matthew%2022:36-40;&version=31;)

Jesus ate with the tax collectors, healed lepers, performed miracles on the Sabbath, all in the name and glory of God the Father.

Where, if not the church, can broken people go to have the unconditional love of Jesus shown to them?

As a church are we supposed to say "Well, once we heal ya of that whole 'gay/alcoholic/wife-beating/child-beating thing' you'll be welcome within our sanctuary (regardless of the fact that it's called a SANCTUARY.)"

Jesus didn't care about any of that. He loved and died for EVERYONE. Even those who don't believe.

He sat at a well and spoke with a Samaritan woman, who any self-righteous Jew would not have associated with, he stayed and spoke with her telling her of the light to come.

I'm not saying I disagree with everything you say, but I don't see Jesus in anything that you are saying. I only hear the Christian agenda to keep marriage a "holy sacrament" which, to be honest, it isn't.

The Pagans get married, Mormons get married (some times more than once at the same time), savages in Africa and South America get married and they may have never heard of the word or of God.

Love is a choice.

I don't believe that being a homosexual is something that is a result of "bad wiring", it's a choice. Just like Christ CHOSE to give His life as a ransom for any and all who would accept His love and sacrifice.

It's the lack of love in the church that makes me dislike being jumbled in with "Christians" like Pat Robertson and many other agenda pushing "Christians" looking the sell another book or two.

I have been using the term Christ Follower to describe my faith. It usually gets strange looks from people, but they're not my judge, nor are they the kind of people who I take stock in their opinions anyway.

I don't know if I made any sense, or if anyone will agree with anything I have to say. But that's what I believe.